English Translation

99 Yes, you could speak mysteriously because you had a deep faith in you, which you acquired through your proud history; which you had exaggerated through the mighty works of our poetry, music and fine art. They lived within you, they were your reality, before which the small effectiveness of a miserable world sank, in which they shattered. I remember one argument that you once had with a student who had passed out in the "only spiritual" class. That was a long time ago, probably a decade ago. You were a young student in the first semester. That "collegiate" rejected the violent decisions of history and didn't want to know about a correction of the existing one. With all sorts of logic and eloquence, he sought to prove that the future of our people is only in the spiritual. I have never seen you in such a violent horn as at that time, since you felt that a holy word of our language was shamefully abused by a beggar. *We need a new Kant - or a new Goethe" was Se a S d s to you venerated names, in order to disarm you. *We needed a new Bismarck, colleague, and one of the twentieth century!" was your answer. So you broke off the useless conversation and walked your way. 8889A All this probably lived in you that evening - and even though we had not touched the world outside in our conversations with any words to avoid any defilement, you still liked to feel it again. Therefore you did not let the Largo be the last word. When you had finished and dropped the bow, you said without turning your head: *Who knows when we will see each other again and what time will bring. I will go back to my mountain